Jione Havea

BA, MDiv, MTS, PhD Lecturer in Biblical Studies: Hebrew Bible & OT
Phone:
02 8838 8929

 

Jione Havea is a Methodist pastor from Tonga, on secondment to the NSW Synod to teach Hebrew Bible. Jione prefers to congregate around talanoa (story, telling, conversation) in and outside of prison, and is involved in the gatherings of Talanoa Oceania, Oceania Biblical Studies Association, Society of Asian Biblical Studies and Society of Biblical Literature.

 

Research interests

Genesis-2 Kings; narrative and legal revisions; critical theory; oceanic cultures and island hermeneutics; postcolonial and cultural studies

  • Publications

     

    2012:

     

    ·          Kautaha in island hermeneutics, governance and leadership. The Pacific Journal of Theology 47: 3-13

     

    ·          Drifting homes. The future of the biblical past: Envisioning Biblical Studies on a Global Key. Edited by Roland Boer and Fernando Segovia. Atlanta: SBL, pp. 195-206

     

    ·          Becoming sensual, with public study of scriptures. Public and Sensual: Exploring Solutions. Bible Studies on Human Sexuality. Edited by Christopher Rajkumar. Nagpur: National Council of Churches in India, pp. 1-10

     

    ·          The bible on postmodern surfaces. Ecumenical Directions in the United States Today: Churches on a Theological Journey. Edited by Antonios Kireopoulos with Juliana Mecera. New York: Paulist, pp. 172-89

     

    ·          First People, Minority Reading: Reading Jonah, from Oceania. The one who reads may run. Essays in Honour of Edgar W. Conrad. Edited by Roland Boer, Michael Carden and Julie Kelso. New York: T & T Clark, pp. 176-85

     

    ·          Destroy, discipline, defeat: Toward another queer reading of Lamentations. Gurukul Journal of Theological Studies XXIII.2 (2012): 23-29

     

     

     

    2013:

     

    ·          Death Roots: Musings of a Pacific Island Native. Pacific Identities and Well-Being: Cross Cultural Perspectives. Edited by Margaret Nelson Agee, Tracey MacIntosh, Philip Culbertson and Cabrini ‘Ofa Makasiale. New York: Routledge, pp. 157-68


Last modified by Suzanne Cullen on March 13, 2013
Jione Havea, Senior Lecturer in Biblical Studies: Hebrew Bible & OT

Jione Havea, Senior Lecturer in Biblical Studies: Hebrew Bible & OT